Shade-bracket.



N0. 702,5l9/ Patented June I7, 1902.

- E. M. WIN FREY.

SHADE snicker.

(Application filed pct. 17, 1901.)

("0 Model.)

THE NORRIS PETERS co. Puma-undo WASHINGTON, u. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR M. IVINFREY, OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.

SHADE-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,519, dated June 17,1902.

Application filed October 17, 1901 Serial No. 79,017. (No model.)

bracket of this character which shall be simple of construction, durablein use, comparatively inexpensive of production, and which may beeasily'and quickly adjusted to fit window frames and shades 'of variouswidths and which may also be easily and expeditiously secured to thewindow-frame and removed therefrom when desired.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the appended claim. I

In the accompanying drawingsFigure lis a perspective view of the upperportion of a Window-frame, showing the bracket applied.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the bracket, and Fig. 3is a side elevation of the bracket-fastening.

The bracket consists of two telescopic parts a and I), each of which isprovided at its outer end with a bracket arm or head a, shaped to engagethe end studs of a shade-roller.

d denotes fastening meansthat is, the means for securing the bracket tothe windowframe and preventing the accidental shifting of one part ofthe bracket with respect to the other. The means comprises practically afastener resemblingthe well-known form of spring-cotter, the difference,however, being that the limbs e are normally spread apart or divergent,with the lower ends thereof-bev-' eled to a sharp edge on their outersides, so that in driving the fastener into the framework this bevelwill tend to tightly close the eye f of the fastening around thetelescopic section with which it engages, and thereby prevent sidewisemovement of said section, it of course being understood that the eye fwhen closed has a diameter slightly less than the diameter of eithertelescopic section,

whereby a firm frictional contact is effected.

When the fasteners are removed from the framework, they will hangpendent upon the telescopic sections, as the opening therein be- .nectedto the telescopic section in position to be driven into the framework.

In concluding it might be well to state that the fasteners serve threepurposes-first, to secure the brackets to the window-frame;secondly,to,secure agains'tendwisemovement the telescopic sections ofthe bracket,and,thirdly, to secure the bracket arm or head 0 in the endsof the telescopic sections.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantage of my invention will be readily understood without requiring amoreextended explanation.

' Various changes in the form,proportion,and details'of construction maybe'made'within the scope of the invention without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, anddesire to secure byLetters Patent, is I A window-shade bracket, consisting of telescopicsections, bracket-arms fitted in the outer ends of said telescopicsections, and fastenings having eyes to engage each section andfrictionally hold the'same in adjusted position, and frictionally holdthe bracket-arms in the ends of said telescopic sections, saidfastenings having attaching means whereby they may be secured to aWindow-frame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony'whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence oftwosubscri'bi'ng'witnesses.

EDGAR M. WINFREY.

Witnesses: v

SETH N. MAYFIELD, -W. M. McGREooR.

